Mediagazer: Juan Williams plagiarism case and the plight of the researcher (Erik Wemple)

Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:

Juan Williams column cribs from think-tank report — EXCLUSIVE: Fox News pundit blames researcher for word-for-word similarities. “Unacceptable,” says Hill editor — Fox News pundit Juan Williams lifted — sometimes word for word — from a Center for American Progress report …

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Juan Williams plagiarism case and the plight of the researcher — Salon has busted Fox News contributor Juan Williams. It spotted a column that Williams had written for the Hill, titled “Dispensing with a new ‘dagger’ against immigration reform.” Published on Feb. 18, the piece dismissed the notion that the U.S. ...

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Imagining a Swap Meet for E-Books and Music — The prospect of online stores that sell used e-books and digital music has heartened consumer advocates, but publishers and artists are worried.

Discussion: paidContent, Media Decoder and Digital Book World

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

News Corp. Publishing Starts With $2.6 Billion Cash — News Corp. (NWSA)'s publishing spinoff, set to become a separate publicly held business in June, will start out with $2.6 billion in cash after receiving a $1.82 billion infusion from the parent company.

Discussion: Media Decoder, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, ValueWalk and New York Magazine

Neo-Guido / Guy Fawkes' blog:

Audio Tape Reveals Mark Thompson DID Know About Savile — Ninety seconds of audio released by The Times media correspondent Ben Webster has undone former BBC Director General Mark Thompson's evidence to both Parliament and the Pollard Review over what he knew about Savile.

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Aereo vs. FilmOn: A New Day, Another Lawsuit — After suing Alki David for using “BarryDriller” and “AereoKiller,” Aereo is now suing him for using “Aero.” — Alki David — Time will tell if the millions of dollars that Barry Diller has sunk into Aereo will pay off …

Discussion: Betabeat

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

AOL's CEO to haters: Our content strategy was right after all (and Patch is fine too) — Media companies live a fraught existence but, even by that standard, AOL walked closer to the valley of death than most. A year ago, most observers (including us) believed AOL was in permanent decline …

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

News Corp.'s ‘The Times’ Honored as U.K. Newspaper of the Year — The “Sunday Times” and “The Sun” also win awards, but the latter continues to deal with fallout from probes launched amid the phone-hacking scandal. — LONDON - The Times, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. …

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Rupert Murdoch: CNN Has ‘Sharpened Up’ Since Zucker — News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch sits down with “WSJ Live” to talk about the state of media. Along the way, cable news comes up in the conversation. When asked about Fox News Channel's ratings dominance compared to its competition …

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Mediaite and mediabistro.com

Guardian:

Four public officials admit selling information to Sun — Duo are first to plead guilty following arrest as part of investigation into alleged illegal payments to public officials — A former police officer and ex-prison officer have admitted selling information to the Sun about high-profile individuals …

Discussion: PressGazette and Reuters

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Coming soon: A long-form digital magazine for Brooklyn, near and far — The idea seems so obvious it's almost hard to believe it hasn't already been done: A long-form journalism site for Brooklynites. — How could the borough that's championed artisanal pickles, CSAs and tony pre-schools …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The ‘Times’ names a new culture editor: Danielle Mattoon — The New York Times building. wallyg via flickr — The New York Times has named a new culture editor following the departure of Jonathan Landman, who took one of the 30 buyout packages that were offered to the paper's senior editing ranks earlier this year.

Discussion: The Wrap

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Billions! Cablevision Takes Its Second Swing at Viacom in Bundling-Breaking Fight. — Here's the next step in the Cablevision/Viacom cable bundling fee fight: After back and forth between the two companies about which stuff they want to keep private, they have released a public version of Cablevision's legal complaint.

Discussion: The Week, Forbes and Variety